Baby Love(79)



"Well how about you and I go and get some lunch and then head back to our hotel for a nice nap before we have to check out and get to the airport?"

"I like the way you think counselor," I answered him smiling.

"I need to use the restroom first though."

I found the ladies restroom in the courthouse and Trey said he was going to find the men's room and to meet him back near the staircase. The hallways in this old courthouse seemed to wind around like a maze.

After I had finished up in the restroom I headed back down the hallway; when I turned the corner to where the hallway opened up to the area outside the courtrooms on the third floor, I realized that it was not the same hallway as before. I had taken the wrong turn somewhere.

I turned around and headed back the other way. As I approached the corner of the hall where it turned to go back to where the restrooms were, I collided with a man coming around the corner from the opposite direction.

"I'm sorry," I said looking up at him.

He wasn't wearing his robes but I recognized Judge Tylar immediately.

"Are you alright?" he asked studying my face.

I nodded affirmatively. He had the same amber colored eyes that I did.

His eyes dropped to my earrings and then to my necklace.

"Marley?" he said, his gaze locking with mine.

"Pardon?" I asked.

"I'm sorry," he said, shaking his head.

"I thought for a moment you were someone that I had known a long time ago which is quite impossible. Please excuse me."

He walked past me down the long corridor his footsteps echoing in the empty hallway.

Trey was waiting for me by the stairwell. He must have been worried because I saw a hint of relief on his face when he spotted me.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Trey," I said, "You aren't going to believe me but I know that in some way I am related to Judge Tylar."

After I verbalized what I had felt from the first time I had seen the man's name in print at the firm, to the collision that had just taken place in the hall, the tears rolled down my cheeks.





CHAPTER 28



Trey and I arrived back at the apartment by 9:30 that night. Jean said that Preston had been perfect for her. She had put her to bed about forty-five minutes prior to our getting home. Trey was going to drive Jean home since it was so late.

After they left I went to the bedroom and changed into a pair of my silk pajamas. I washed my face and brushed my teeth. I then went into the nursery and pulled Preston out of her crib. She yawned and stretched in my arms before her eyes fluttered opened and she saw me. I was immediately rewarded with a dimpled grin.

"Hi sweetie," I cooed to her hugging her close.

I took her into our bedroom and pulled the covers back on our bed climbing into it. I grabbed the remote turning the flat screen on and settled in with the pillows propped behind me. I unbuttoned my pajama top and nestled her against me. She didn't latch on to my breast quickly like she used to do. I finally got her to take my nipple and she started nursing gently.

I knew that it was just a matter of time when my milk supply in the only boob I had that produced would dry up because she was nearly weaned. The thought made me sad.

My Blackberry chimed from the nightstand. I reached over and grabbed it. It was Gina.

"Hey girlfriend where are you?" she asked.

I could tell by the background noise that she was at the club.

"We just got in a little while ago. Trey is taking Jean home. I'm nursing Preston."

"Preston is still up this late?"

"Well - I kind of woke her up to nurse."

"You did? Why?"

"It's hard to explain Gina. I felt my eyes tearing up for the second time today. "Just trust me on this okay?"

"Sure Ty," she replied.

"So how did things go down there?"

"Gina I am so positive that Judge Tylar is related to me in some way - it is possible he could be my father."

I provided her the details of the day in court and then literally running in to him in the hallway and what he had called me.

"Wow," she said, "What now?"

"I think it's time I pay Maggie a visit in jail."

"Are you serious?"

"Yes Gina, I am. I need some answers. She has nothing to lose by giving them to me now."

"If you trust a sociopath I suppose," she replied.

"Hey not to change the subject but Tristan called today and he will be back in Atlanta for Thanksgiving."

"Really?"

"Yep. He liked what he saw on the financials I guess."

"Apparently so," I replied, silently smirking.

"Was Preston a good girl for Aunt Gina?"

"Except for the green shit explosion she was great."

"The what?"

I sat up straighter in bed, disturbing Preston who was still nursing.

I manipulated the nipple back into her mouth waiting for Gina's explanation.

"I think it was all those pureed green beans Ty. She may not be ready for that particular vegetable just yet."

"Gina! You fed her a whole flippin' jar of them at one sitting."

"Got to go Ty; my break is over. See you tomorrow at work."

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